OC HIGH / STUDENT NEWS & VIEWS : my turn

What’s the point of cussing? Does it make you giddy with delight? Does it make you feel invincible?

Why be crude when you can be cultured by not swearing? It sure doesn’t solve your problems.

It used to be that teachers could give detentions to students who swore, but now even the teachers are cussing, so they would be hypocrites by not sending themselves to Saturday school.

In the good ol’ days, children were taught to respect themselves and others by using eloquent speech and refraining from uttering profanity. It was basically good etiquette.

So what happened? Maybe in our struggle to become the biggest, fastest and best nation we have sacrificed our morals to the demon of crude language. It seems that we are now taught to climb to the top without regard for another person’s feelings.

In the 1600s, the Puritans believed that a supernatural being would punish you for cussing. Maybe that was for the better. At least the air was not cluttered with cacophonous letters thrown together to insult someone.

Some say that cussing makes a person feel better, but why grate the ears of your peers when you can find another way of saying something? I think good taste is an unwritten clause when it comes to language.

Don’t think I’m being a prude by encouraging the use of more eloquent vocabulary in the English language. Haven’t you heard of gang wars being started by just one verbal slip?

So next time you feel the urge to say @*&!!! , think before you speak.